Yann Tiersen review – a devastatingly effective way with a melody

Barbican, London
The Amélie soundtrack composer and multi-instrumentalist writes music that seems simple but tugs on the heartstringsOver the past two decades, the French composer and multi-instrumentalist Yann Tiersen has collaborated with countless singers, fronted numerous orchestras, led a krautrock-inspired analogue synth trio and released more than a dozen hugely varied albums. For a lot of his fans, however, he’ll always be the guy behind the whimsical, romantic soundtrack to